Duquesne Assistant Woman's Basketball Coach Eddie Benton

The Total Tutor Neil Haley and Coach Karen Hall will interview Duquesne Assistant Woman's Basketball Coach Eddie Benton.

Benton, a native of Manchester in Pittsburgh's North Side and a graduate of Perry Traditional Academy, comes to the Bluff after serving as an assistant women's basketball coach for one season at Saint Francis University. At SFU, he helped the Red Flash to their first-ever berth in the Women's Basketball Invitational.

As a player, Benton was a standout guard at the University of Vermont. The Catamounts all-time leading scorer and 2006 UVM Hall of Fame inductee, Benton was the winner of the 1996 Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award given to the nation's top basketball player less than six feet tall and the Bob Cousy Award, which is given to the best senior in the region under 6-feet tall.

Benton's 2,474 points is second all-time in the America East Conference, second only to Reggie Lewis of Northeastern. He graduated as the school's career leader in 15 different offensive categories including scoring average - 23.8 points per game. Benton, who was 1996 team captain, has his number 10 retired by Vermont in 2000. He scored over 40 points in a game six times, including a school and conference record 54 points against Drexel his sophomore season. In that game, Benton made a school and conference record 21 foul shots. He also had a school record 42 consecutive free throws over the course of four games his freshman year. He finished with a school and conference record 739 free throws.

During his time of the Bluff, Benton has been part three straight 20-win seasons, Duquesne's first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance and a pair of and WNIT appearances.